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title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: WCAG20_Form_TargetAndText"
---
import "../../../styles/ToolHelp.scss"
import { CodeSnippet, Tag } from "carbon-components-react";

<div className="toolHelp">
<Row>
<Column colLg={16} colMd={8} colSm={4} className="toolHead">

### Check that interacting with content does not initiate a change of context

<div id="locLevel"></div>

User should be informed in advance when interacting with content causes a change of context

</Column>
</Row>
<Row>
<Column colLg={11} colMd={5} colSm={4} className="toolMain">

### Why is this important?

If entering data in a form or selecting a form control causes be a change in context, users need to be informed. Interactive components with unpredictable behavior might change the user's context before they are ready, causing frustration or confusion.

<div id="locSnippet"></div>

### What to do

* Provide a submit button using an `<input>` element with a `type="submit"` attribute to initiate a change in context;
* OR, describe what will happen when interacting with content, before the change happens (see [WCAG 2.1 technique 13](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/G13).)

</Column>
<Column colLg={5} colMd={3} colSm={4} className="toolLeft">

### About this requirement

[IBM 3.2.2 On Input](https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements/#3_2_2)
[WCAG 2.1 technique 13](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/G13)
[WCAG 2.1 technique 80](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/G80)

### Who does this affect?

* Blind people using screen readers
* People with cognitive limitations
* Many older adults

</Column>
</Row>
</div>

export default ({ children, _frontmatter }) => (<React.Fragment>{children}</React.Fragment>)
